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Molecular constitutive equations for a class of branched polymers: The pom-pom polymer

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Statistical thermodynamics of random networks

Paul J. Flory · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences · 1976 · 636 citations

Natural Sciences, Biophysics, Polymer Chemistry +16

Analysis of time-dependent non-linear stress-growth data for shear and elongational flow of a low-density branched polyethylene melt

Manfred H. Wagner · Rheologica Acta · 1976 · 388 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +16

Transient Elongational Viscosities and Drawability of Polymer Melts

H. M. Laun, Horst Schuch · Journal of Rheology · 1989 · 325 citations

Engineering, Materials Science, Polymer Engineering +16

A new elongational rheometer for polymer melts and other highly viscoelastic liquids

J. Hostettler · Rheologica Acta · 1994 · 311 citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +15